Forrest Harrod Jr.

Forrest G. Harrod, Jr., husband of Judith McDowell Harrod, died at his home on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Private services will be held in Rogers Funeral Home, and interment will take place in the Monterey Cemetery in Owen County at 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Forrest was born in Franklin County on July 7, 1931 to the late Jessie Goin (Harrod) Galbraith and Forrest G. Harrod, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Lois Harrod Wragg.

Forrest was a 1949 graduate of Frankfort High School, served in the U.S. Army, and graduated from Georgetown College in 1959. He retired from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Dept. of Transportation in 1988 and was a member of the First Baptist Church.